In future New Zealand, wealthy immigrants are creating chaos as they flee climate change, generally driving up food prices, illegally buying land and creating a huge divide between the have and have nots. In this environment, Alice, a 30 year old just one IQ point short of genius and who is generally an underachieving in …
New Zealand. Hana is a detective who likes to draw, has a rebellious teenage daughter and her boss is also her almost ex-husband. One day, Hana receives an anonymous video that hints at the location of a crime, and soon she finds herself in a race against time to stop a serial killer intent on …
In this young adult novel, Romeo and Juliet meets 1920's Shanghai, with a little dark magic twist. Juliette Cai is from the Scarlet Gang, who have fought with the White Flowers for generations. Roma Montagov was her first love, but now they hate each other. When series of mysterious deaths break out with people clawing …
I really enjoyed this unusual book, a Booker Prize winner back in 1984, which was recommended to me for my reading list this year. It tells the story of Kere, a woman who lives in a tower and has distanced herself from other people, especially her family. But she finds herself drawn out of herself, …
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